The Philippines has suspended Rodrigo Duterte's notorious war on drugs following the brutal execution of an innocent man at the hands of police.

COMMENT: I see the Palestinian Authority as bearing the blame for the perceived hardships suffered by Palestinian citizens.

The United Nations have said that at least 239 migrants have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya.

There is less you may be able to get away with in Thailand if authorities go ahead with a bold new tourist rule.

Philippine President Duterte has effectively signed death warrants of up to 50 drug-dealing officials as the street execution toll soars to 600.

The Turkish president said that he would reinstate the death penalty to deal with those who took park in the coup attempt

Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of new laws which define atheists as terrorists, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.

The family of a slain South African photojournalist is still coming to terms with his death.

Washington is considering tightening sanctions against the military rulers of Myanmar, formerly Burma.

The gems come from the Marange fields where miners were massacred by soldiers and villagers have been beaten, raped and forced to work as virtual slaves.

Tobacco giant Philip Morris has admitted that child workers have been subjected to long hours working on Kazakhstan tobacco farms it deals with.

Indian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said that "the judgement in itself is a message to Pakistan that they should not export terror to India."

Activists say African country still falls short on human rights.